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Sky News AU
30-07-2025
- Climate
- Sky News AU
Sydney to suffer through more wintry weather after recording coldest day of the year - with worse yet to come
After suffering the coldest day of the year so far, Sydney is expected to experience another wet and wintry day on Thursday. According to temperatures on Wednesday stayed at 11 degrees, but a low windchill made it feel like 8, and the weather expected to deteriorate further over the course of the week. On Thursday, the city will wake to similar conditions as a low-pressure system heads towards the New South Wales coast - with the temperature not expected to rise above 14 degrees. While the worst of the weather is not expected until Saturday, parts of the mid north coast and the Hunter will still wake to gloomy and wet conditions on Thursday, with temperatures in Coffs Harbour reaching 17 degrees, whilst in Newcastle, temperatures will be around 13. Across the capital cities tomorrow, Darwin will reach a temperature of 31 degrees with sunny spells while Brisbane will start with a low of 10 before slowly climbing to 19 degrees with sunny spells. Sunny and overcast conditions await people in Canberra with a low of 2 and a high of 12, while people living in Melbourne will see a cold day with highs of 13. Hobart will see temperatures of 11 degrees with sunny spells and overcast conditions with a low of 4 degrees to start Thursday. Adelaide will have a mild start to the day with highs of 13 degrees, and in Perth, residents will see a warm day with highs of 19. Mr Sharpe said the conditions in New South Wales will get worse as the week goes on. 'When compared to the Bomb Cyclone from a few weeks ago this event will be longer lived with a similar amount of rain in Sydney and less for the Illawarra, but more for the Hunter. 'Wind during the daytime will likely reach similar heights - although not quite as windy as the Bomb Cyclone got during the overnight hours. 'The big difference will be that the temperatures will be consistently lower - making this event feel significantly colder.
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Gusts near 50 mph cause outages, drop temperatures in North King County
Strong Gap winds caused some power outages and dropped temperatures to a wind chill in the 20s Thursday. According to Puget Sound Energy's website, vegetation and weather caused hundreds of customers to lose power, though the utility reports large-scale outages were avoided. 'Anytime a storm or anything happens, we are going to keep an eye out,' said Gerald Tracy, a spokesperson with Puget Sound Energy. Tracy says crews that would normally be performing maintenance or other duties in areas expected to get strong winds or snow will instead be on standy by ready to respond. It's a similar approach for Enumclaw's Public Works department. 'When we get about an inch of accumulation is when we get the snow plows, the salters, the sanders and so forth and start clearing streets,' said Brian Spindor, the city's public works director. Spindor was expecting gusts upwards of 50 miles per hour Thursday, strong enough to trigger a high wind advisory through the evening. Spindor says Enumclaw is used to the easterly gap winds that frequently blow through town. 'Usually, when it gets up to around 70 mph, that's when it starts to get concerning,' he said, 'We'll get a lot of crews out looking for downed branches, maybe street signs that have blown over.' While the wind advisory has expired, a winter weather advisory remains in the region with the potential for snow through the evening. Today's bout was far from the strongest winds the town has seen this season, with the Bomb Cyclone in November whipping gusts close to 90 miles per hour. 'When we're having these kinds of storms back to back to back, some people don't think about the lasting impact of these storms,' Tracy said, saying some branches may be weakened and have the potential to split. Tracy and Spindor encourage people to have emergency kits with water, food, and blankets ready in case of an outage or any other impacts from the inclement weather.
